No plant takes the heat better than this beautiful blooming bush. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Texas sage is called barometer bush because it blooms after a rainfall, increase in humidity, or ...

With more than 6,000 species of California native plants, you would think that would be enough for a garden devoted exclusively to them. Yet occasionally you come across a plant with a pedigree that ...

Q: I xeriscaped my front yard in November 2014 and used the compact form Microburst Texas sage. I'm wondering why one plant died. Its leaves turned a deep gray. Leaves at the bases of the other plants ...

Texas sage bushes, also called Texas rangers, are a familiar sight in Tucson. Older houses in particular may have large specimens of this plant. The Texas sage is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, ...

If drops in barometric pressure, local rainfall and high humidity are triggers for getting a plant to come into bloom, Texas sage should have been flowering its branches off this past week. And it has ...

Before modern meteorology, people looked to nature for clues. Discover how plants like Texas sage can predict rain.